Envisioning Deliberative Democracy

Published works in six series

19 works in 6 categories

Origin 3 works

The emergence of deliberation gateway and the arrival of the idea of the sector assembly, in which civic participation guides professional sectors.
  • DG 001

    The Democracy Tree

    An overture to the Deliberation Gateway canon

    Essay I

  • DG 002

    Deliberative Democracy Defined

    What the term means, where it came from, and what two and a half thousand years of practice have and have not settled

    Essay II

  • Not yet published

    The Sector Assembly

    The idea at the centre of the imprint: an industrial sector convening a public judgment by lot

    Essay III

    Planned

Gateways 4 works

Visions for the consequences of deliberative democracy on everyday people and professional careers.
  • DG 014

    Industrial Case Studies

    A steward's view: eight scenarios from the Modern Industrial Strategy, each a candidate for a citizens' assembly

    Paper I

  • DG 017

    The Civic Mill

    A future in which everyday decisions are made the way ants find food: a little work each, by whoever passes.

    Paper II

  • Not yet published

    Pension Stewardship

    The misinterpretation of fiduciary duty in defined benefit pensions and its rescue with civic participation.

    Paper III

    Planned
  • Not yet published

    The Age of Stewards

    A future in which we balance technical and human considerations in how we choose leaders and decide

    Paper IV

    Planned

Proceedings 2 works

Each proceeding is a separate attempt to get a sector assembly going: the team we network together, and the workshops and events it holds along the way.
  • DG 010

    Citizens' Industrial Strategy

    Report from a set of workshops exploring use of local citizens' assemblies to implement national industrial strategy.

    Proceeding I

  • Not yet published

    Festival of Deliberative Accountability

    A public festival for metabolizing the misinterpretation of fiduciary duty in defined benefit pensions schemes.

    Proceeding II

    Planned

Conversations 6 works

Live explorations of the effect of deliberation in different sectors of society.
  • DG 003

    Introduction to Deliberation

    Gateway to Real Democracy — Linn Davis, Phil Lindsay and Rahmin Sarabi on what deliberation is for

    Film I

  • DG 004

    Deliberation & Finance

    Emmeline Cooper, Tim MacDonald and Forrest Sparks on whether citizens can redefine responsible investing

    Film II

  • DG 005

    Deliberation, Industry and Academia

    Tim Minshall, Irenie Ekkeshis and Jo Lucas on a Citizens' Industrial Strategy responding to a national one

    Film III

  • DG 006

    Deliberation & Faith

    Pathway to Inner Peace — Mandar Apte, Layne Hartsell and Ian Troesoyer on deliberation and inner practice

    Film IV

  • DG 007

    Deliberation & Non-Violence

    April Chatham-Carpenter, Roger Berkowitz and Lester Kurtz on deliberation and non-violent practice

    Film V

  • DG 008

    Deliberation & Technology

    Alice Siu, John Gastil, Andrew Stillman and Liz Barry on technology in deliberative process

    Film VI

Foundations 1 work

Thought experiments linking the physical sciences with deliberative society.
  • Not yet published

    Is Nature Naturally Capitalist?

    Exploration of the physical foundations of Economics, arriving at the conclusion that capital is a form of information

    Paper I

    Forthcoming

The Open Table 3 works

A doctrine motivated by physical reasoning that views society as a dissipative system. The Open Table presents the decisions individuals must make for themselves, and how those decisions add up to drive society into authoritarian or democratic attractor basins.
  • Not yet published

    A Guide to the Open Table Doctrine

    How to read the canon, and what each claim is meant to bear

    Paper I

    Planned
  • Not yet published

    The Open Table

    A logical formalism exploring the capture of open table decision making, in which lotteries emerge naturally.

    Paper II

    Forthcoming
  • Not yet published

    Sovereign Britain

    A society driven by deliberative civic decision making; the open table in practice and the relationships it forms.

    Paper III

    Forthcoming